Georges Picot

Georges Picot (24 December 1838-16 August 1909) was a French politician who co-founded the Liberal Republican Union in 1889. He was the father of the diplomat Francois Georges-Picot.

Biography
Georges Picot was born to a bourgeois family in Paris, France on 24 December 1838, and he married a great-granddaughter of King Louis XV of France. He worked as a lawyer and historian before entering politics, and he co-founded the liberal-conservative Liberal Republican Union party in 1889. He died in Allevard-les-Bains in 1909.